Football

Premier League Clubs to Bankroll the World Cup?

Recent reports out of Russia, the hosts of Football’s World Cup, claim that the game is on the breadline, and President Vladimir Putin has had to ask for help from two billionaires with Premier League connections. Roman Abramovich owner of

France Wins Box Seat

Everyone knows the story about the tortoise and the hare, well it may just be that France is the tortoise. The nation was devastated when cross Channel rival, London won the rights for the 2012 Olympic Games, Paris having been

Football Must Unite for Change

It is refreshing to witness that Football appears to be finally be awakening from a slumber that has lasted almost four decades. The BBC and Sky Sports have cleverly offered to host a live television debate amongst the candidates for

Referral System Worth Copying?

Having just returned from the Hockey India League in India where teams were allowed one referral to a video umpire per game, which if they were correct in their assessment of a situation they kept to use again, but lost

Moving the Goalposts, to a New Venue

“Greatness Awaits” is the tag lines for PS4 the sponsors of the National Premier Leagues in Australia, but one has to ask how long fans of the game will have to wait. In Western Australia the whole process switching from